Family turns to alternative therapy for son’s ADHD when medicine proves helpless

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Family turns to alternative therapy for son’s ADHD when medicine proves helpless

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A million more American kids are taking medicine for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, compared to a decade ago. But many parents are jittery over the side effects. One family ditched medicine for treatment that they call, “amazing.”

“We’ve seen dramatic improvements in people in as little as a few weeks to a short two or three months,” said their doctor.

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laurie johnson

My son is an example of a kid taking gluten, casien, and sugar out of his life has helped him. He’s on a strict diet for allergies even past the GFCF diet…. he went from a non-verbal 3.5 year old to a 7 year old who is in 1st grade reading at an advanced level. He is mainstream in class with a paras help.